Improvement in nests for fowls



VC. HAISE.

NEs'rs Fon FoWLs.

Patented Sept. 5,1876.

No. 181,840.v

` INVENTDR:

A I'TCIF'QNEY.

WITNEESEE:

UNrrE CHARLESv BAISE, OF

ATLANTA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN NESTS FOR FOW-LS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,840, datedSeptember 5, 1876; application filed July 25, 1876. i

To all whom it may concern.'

. forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichforms a part of this specification, and in which a perspective view isshown.

A represents a small coop, of any desired dimensions, constructedofslats,`laths, or other suitable material. In the back part of' thiscoop is a nest, B, consisting of a small box or basket, suspended fromone end of a lever, C, by a cord or wire, a, the other end of said leverbeing connected by a cord or Wire, b, to a door, D, in front. The leverC is provided with a series of holes, or perforated, as shown, andpivoted above the box A in an adjustable standard, E, which may beadjusted to either of a series of holes in the slat H on top of the boxA, and the lever is adjustable in said standard, so that the door D andnest B may be made to very nearly balance; but the door should be alittle the heaviest, so that it will descend and leave the door open,and propor tionately raise the nest. In front of the nest B, within thecoop, is a small platform, G, as shown.

Now, when the hen or other fowl enters the coop and gets into the'nest,the uestdescends a little, which raises the door, closing the samecompletely, and thereby keeping out all other hens until the hen in thenest again gets out of the saine on the platform G, which lightens thenest, and the door` D, being the heaviest, descends and opens the coopuntil the hen again enters on the nest.

The door D Works on a slide or in grooves. On the back part of the boxAis a door, I, for reaching in and gathering the eggs out of the nest B.

Having thus fully described my invention, what'I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

rIhe combination of the coop A with interior platform G, the adjustablestandard E, the adjustable lever C, and the nest B and door D, suspendedfrom opposite ends of said lever, substantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

CEAS. HAISE. Witnesses: J. HENRY BArs, F. L. OAPPs.

